The Winter Silhouette that Baikoen Bonsai Club present annually for 54 years celebrates the leafless beauty deciduous trees. In this format of a show there is no hiding of crossed or faulty branching. It is appreciating bonsai at its simplest form: the trunk line and ramification.
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Cork Bark Elm - Michael Roberts
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Nagata Award - Al Nelson
Again this year we had the fortune of having Shirley Quan's cousin Garth professionally photograph each tree this year. Most of the photos are attributed to his work, thank you Garth! With out any other interruption the stars of the show.
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Sycamore - Al Nelson
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Tokonama Display - Sycamore - Al Nelson
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Pomegranate - Jaime Chavarria
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Chinese Elm - Frank Goya
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Princess Persimmon - Kei Ikari
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Pomegranate - Manuel Martinez
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Japanese Flower Quince - Tom Lau
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Crape Myrtle - Marybel Balendonk
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Liquid Amber - Michael Roberts
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Korean Hornbeam - Alex Marien
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Chinese Hackberry - Marge Blasingame
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Pomegranate - Carol Upston
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Forsythia - Alex Marien
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Twisted Pomegranate - Cork Bark Elm - Kathy Benson
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Chinese Elm - Larry Ragle
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Chinese Elm - Hank Faucet
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Japanese Maple - Ed Clark
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Shohin Display - Peter Macasieb
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Twisted Pomegranate - Takuo Nakamura
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American Elm - Ray Blasingame
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Korean Hornbeam - Lindsay Shiba
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Chinese Elm on Rock - Khan Komai
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Japanese Maple - Dick Ryerson
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Trident Maple - Jim Pierce
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Live Oak - Joe Galgoul
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Suiseki - Nina Ragle
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Wisteria - Ken Teh
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Cork Oak - Tom Vuong
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Cork Bark Elm - Shirley Quan
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Japanese Hornbeam - Jim Barrett
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Ginkgo - Cheryl Manning